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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: Voyager/Caravan oil filters
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.062107.19553@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 06:21:07 GMT
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- Topher Eliot (eliot@chutney.rtp.dg.com) wrote:
- : I've been told by a local mechanic that I should use only Mopar filters on my
- : 92 Caravan, as he has had personal experience and heard from other mechanics
- : that other brands tend to leak and/or fall off. Has anyone else heard such
- : a thing? What brand do you use on your van, and have you had any problems?
- : Please send me email and I'll post a summary if I get enough to merit it.
- : If I hadn't heard any different, I would have used Fram, just because I think
- : Consumer Reports once said it was a little better than the others they
- : tested.
- :
- I don't know about MOPAR filters, but why not spend the extra $2.00 and get
- their filter? It's cheap insurance, and you never know what is in those
- cheap discount filters...why risk it?
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- SAAB - Because you get what you pay for.
- hinz@picard.med.ge.com
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